Food Safety Tech Newsletter Vol 7 No 37

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Volume 7 Issue No. 37

Compliance Food Labs Food Manufacturing Foodservice & Retail FSMA GFSI Sustainability Training Calendar

Featured Articles

New Column!
Allergen Alley

Gabriela Lopez-Velasco, Ph.D., 3M Food Safety Establishing an Effective Food Allergen Control Plan

By Gabriela Lopez-Velasco, Ph.D.,
3M Food Safety

With allergies becoming an increasing health problem globally, the need to have an allergen control plan has never been more critical.

Bug Bytes

Chelle Hartzer, Orkin, LLC Don’t Let Pests Wreck Your
Supply Chain

By Chelle Hartzer, Orkin, LLC

FSMA has put a greater emphasis on supply chain management, as stricter regulations require food processing facilities to monitor shipments closer than ever.

FST Soapbox

Richard Wilson, AuditComply Why SaaS and Food Safety Are A Perfect Match

By Richard Wilson, AuditComply

It’s a game changer in modern risk management.

Featured Quote

Mitigation measures for [food] products at high risk for fraud include putting in place raw material specifications that include authenticity criteria, implementing analytical surveillance, establishing strong supplier relationships and audit programs, and increasing supply chain transparency.

– Karen Everstine, Decernis

Participate in the FSMA IQ Test Series!

Two years ago, Food Safety Tech published a series FSMA IQ tests to quiz industry on FSMA knowledge. Now that we have a couple of years under our belt, how much do we know? If you took the test two years ago, we invite you to take it again, because at this year’s Food Safety Consortium, the creators of the test–Bill Bremer, principal of food safety compliance at Kestrel Management, LLC and his team–will compare 2016 vs. 2018 during an interactive session.

Food Safety Training

FST's Food Safety Training Calendar BRC: Lead Auditor
October 8–12, Chicago, IL

FDA ANSI Names First Certification Body Under FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The American National Standards Institute gave authority to Perry Johnson Registrars Food Safety, Inc.

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BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8: What’s New?

Thursday, September 20th at 11am CDT

Join us for a free webinar to learn about the important changes in Issue 8 of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety, co-hosted by Kris Middleton and BRC Global Standards’ Americas Director, John Kukoly. Our speakers will give you an early look at significant new changes and what they mean for you. This webinar also provides a sneak peek into BRC training courses offered by Eurofins.

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Eurofins GMO Testing Solutions

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